British & Indian armies in the East Indies, 1685-1935 Tapa dura - 1984

1984. Picton Publishing. 8vo. Hardcover. Fine in fine DJ; appears new.

Paperback. Very Good.

Chippenham: Picton Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0902633953 . No signatures. Foxing to lower page edges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xv, [1], 411, [1] pages. Green board with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 210 x 147mm. Maps on endpapers. "The Java campaign of 1811 is covered and the involvement of the Honourable East India Company's armies in that short expedition. [. . .] The founding of the settlement on Singapore Island by Sir T. Stamford Raffles in 1819 is covered and details are given of the early garrison, its problems and its defences. [. . .] Other chapters include the story of the garrison on the unfortified island of Labuan and the problems encounotered by this remote garrison, as well as a chapter on the formation of the Sarawak unit of Fortmen which were were formed in 1848 by Rajah James Brooke." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Picton Publishing, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket and with a clean and unmarked text. Illustrated in b&w, xv + 411pp.

Chippenham: Picton Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. frontis, photos, xv, 411p, Original green boards. dj. 21cm.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Great Britain: Picton Publishing (Chippenham) Ltd, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 411 pages. Map endpapers. Generously illustrated in black and white plus several colour plates. "Commences with the setting up of the defences of the trading posts of the Honourable East India Company in Sumatra and then follows the progression of the Company's rule in the East Indies. The formation and defences of the settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore are covered and details are given of the units which formed the garrison troops of these settlements." - dust jacket. Book clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket, now protected in archival-grade Brodart, shows moderate wear and light sunning along spine. A quality copy of this informative work..

Chippenham, UK: Picton Pub, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. As with many imperial enterprises, the British relied on those they had already subjugated to help them expand further afield to subjugate a few more. Here Harfield details how the British empire in Asia expanded eastwards from its base in India so as to become a major power in the Malay Archipelago. Both British and Indian troops fought side by side so as to threaten the established Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence. Near Fine Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. 411 pages with some maps and black and white plates. For further details please see the scanned contents page. Weight: 1.2 kg Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted elsewhere. Apart from minimal wear to the dust jacket and barely noticeable tanning of the pages, the book looks new.